“Even before Luciano put in his transfer request we had enquired about Steve - he was at the top of my list in January to bring in - and I can’t tell you how delighted I am.

“Steve meets all the requirements of the striker we’ve been looking to bring in. For me, he is a player who has everything. He can score goals from anywhere - whether it’s 25 yards or a tap-in - he has pace, and he has all the attributes you want.”

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Apologies, leedsman100. It would appear there may have been contradictory reports. Certainly, Leeds getting cashback is more logical - except Morison HAS had a bit of Premier League experience, which Luciano has yet to get. I hope and believe Morison will be rejuvenated with a new club.

There are many stereotypes regarding people from Leeds and you all appear to be conforming to them all leedsman100. Rude and disrespectful troll. And don't even bother asking for me to apologise because it isn't going to happen. When you come onto a site and start calling people stupid it’s clearly you who is the stupid one! Thanks for all your best players though and for taking Morison off our books too! Warnock has proved himself to be even more stupid than even I thought with this one lol.

Good point, mjc. I wonder what the future holds for Ayala? Surely he and Bennett will make the grade eventually? Do you mean we`ve offered Brum £2m + Barnett?? I think I`ve missed the thread here! Sorry.

There are many stereotypes regarding people from Norwich and you all appear to be conforming to them. Let me make it simple for you all - You get Becchio and we get Morrison, you also give us some cash. The link below takes you to the LUFC website
http:www.leedsunited.comnews20130131morison-signs-up-for-united_2247585_3059972
simples!!!

Ee bah gum Leedsman. A brave try but you're not fooling anyone fella. Your top boy's gone to a better club. You could've had Morison for nowt. I'd have driven him to Leeds myself. You're just about to discover you've been stitched up like a kipper ! By 'eck lad, get thee ter foot uv our stairs......Baaaaaaaaaaahh !

Well all the other Leeds fans on the various sites appear to be bemoaning the fact City have nicked all their best players. So you seem to be in a minority of 1 Leedsman. " Delia? One large bowl of sour grapes needed over here please..!"..

@ Flying Canary - I'm not saying we should have kept hold of Morison, rather take the money Leeds were offering and spend that on something useful. Snoddy has looked good in patches, Johnson is solid defensively but limited when passing. My point being all of these guys were together at Leeds and they still struggled. We only took Johnson cos he was on a free.

That`s all logical, mjc, certainly the Barnett swap bit. Didn`t we get him from WBA? So he`d get a move back to the Midlands. Doubt Brum would want 2 CBs but Benno could go on loan elsewhere maybe? Time will tell ... Hoots the Inscrutable!

"He can score goals from anywhere - whether it’s 25 yards or a tap-in - he has pace, and he has all the attributes you want.” ...Errrrm....right Colin......you do know you've bought Morison don't you.........I thought you were thinking you'd signed Ronaldo for a second back there mate ....

@Mad Brewer. Yesterday when I stated that we were adding the cash in the BecchioMorison deal you were very quick to tell me I was wrong and publicly bad mouth me with 'CWest is not keen on facts'. I look forward to read your public apology now this artlicle confirms it.

Brewer, a mate who is a Baggies ( we all have problems ) supporter - has now appeared on tribalfootball.com also!! Bassong in, we're OK, Bassong out we're out!! - need more cover here. Morison is better than what he's been lately, but unreliable - talking to Millwall guy yesterday who said he was glad we bought him!! I'd give Ryan B a bit more time, can improve, OTBC

The BBC website says swap deal morrisonbecchio plus NCFC receive a cash sum,I cant believe we have got rid of Morro for Becchio and got cash from Leeds,what a result that it is,lets get CD now and perhaps Murray or Austin,forget Hooper getting too silly

Agree about Bassong he brings stability and leadership to the back line and Turner feeds off this, when Ruddy was between the sticks he added to the leadership so Bassong would not be missed so much. I know Bunn had a good one last night but does not command the area as well as Ruddy. As someone had said in another board Morison does well when he feels he is king-pin, last season he did well when we didn't seem to play Holt as first choice. Would still like to see another defender come-in. OTBC

Steve Morrison will likely do well there. His form this season for Norwich has been below what we need to stay in this league.. Wish you all the best and hope you find some form and enjoy your football. Also hoping the new signings will encourage the horse to loose a few pounds and hit the back of the net a few more times before the season's end.

Excellent business and everybody looks to be a winner with this swap. Steve Morison was a good player for us last season, scoring some important goals. A new challenge should suit and I wish him well. As for QPR spending - is there any truth that Gordon Brown and Ed Balls are now in charge of financial matters there?

Do you mean 2 strikers, Lobbo? Or your old mate little Benno bringing his training ground form into the match?;-). I don`t know much about Becchio - only seen him once @ Carra Rud in L1, I think, when he came on as sub and was sent off almost immediately for an altercation. He did apologise, PJ Proby style, after the match. I wonder if he`d suit the lone striker thing - I doubt it. So maybe we will see Holt in a striking partnership again?

Apologies accepted from those of you who thought the cash was coming the other way. With regards to the posts from some of you questioning Warnock's comments regarding Morison's pace I can only think he was comparing it to Becchio's (lack of) pace. There are unsubstantiated reports that in training this week he actually broke into a light jog. This is one of those deals that only time will tell who has got the better deal but on the face of it both clubs and both sets of supporters seem pleased.
My view is that I think we've got the better deal because we know Morison is good at Championship level, whereas Becchio is untried in the Prem and the view from most Leeds fans is that he won't be able to cut it at that level, but like I said only time will tell.
One or two of you have also rightly questioned why you have signed so many of our players, and to be honest we've been asking the same question. Why would anyone want to sign half of a team that struggled to get out of L1 and were at best a decent mid table side in the Championship, as all the players you've signed from us played together in the same struggling side?

Surely you can't all be this stupid. It says above in the story you're all commenting on that the deal is Becchio in exchange for Morrison AND cash. Which bit of that is difficult for you all to understand????

Changing the subject a bit. Just watched the goals from last night. I was at the game but did not realise at the time just how good Grant Holt's header back to Anthony Pilkington was, which led to Hoolihan's goal. The ball, from Snodgrass's right foot (yes, correct) cross was rather overhit, swirling past the far post and going out for a goal kick. Grant managed to cushion a header right to Pilkington's feet. Pure class. Hopefully now with some new strikers, we will see Grant 'in the box' more and with a system that not entails him being on the wing for many of the attacks.

I think this is a good move. I have a feeling that the Hooper and Van Winkle moves aren't going to happen. I posted on another board that these signings are more of a stop gap before getting someone else in the summer. I like Holt, but he doesn't have the pace to play the system Hughton wants and score goals. On another note, does anyone know how much QPR have spent this window? I seem to remember that Redknapp reckoned they were skint and weren't going to do what the club had done previously as there were players on silly money. Now I see they have bought Samba for a club record fee and will pay him £100000 a week! I so hope this backfires and they go down.

"Morison has pace?" really Mr Warnock! You must have been watching a DVD of him on fast forward - one of the slowest forwards I have seen in a long time - getting him to run was the problem over the last few months. Wish him well however, he might do a good job for our feeder club!

At least that (probably?) means we actually did make a bid for Davies, johnnyp? What was your source? Hoots seemed to be denying it. But then, he would! I thought Brum WANTED to offload players... I think the Leeds move might do Morison good too. I often wonder why he seemed to become so disheartened part-way thro` last season. Any ideas? Curtis Davies would be great alongside Bassong. Sadly, Ryan Bennett seems to have gone backwards in his progress (!) and the team is badly weakened when Bass is not there. Turner is probably OK but he does seem prone to the occasional "off day" - mainly vs Liverpool!

Brewer that's just what I would do , Brum need cash now but they still need players Barnett would be ok in the championship , and Bennett could really benefit from the experience , too nervous at times . Bassong and Davies with Garrido and one from Cafu Whittiker either side , and Turner ready to step in would be great .

MB, I think the euphoria (or otherwise) of the transfer deadlineday has deflected attention from what was a very good City performance on Wednesday night. We were only undone by a fantastic goal from a player who will likely end up at one of the 'Big 2' in Spain for around £40m and probably the only player in the PL that could score such a goal. Indeed, Bale had been virtually a 'no show' up to his goal, which said a lot about the way our midfield had performed - plus the effects of a crunching Garrido tackle. If we can take this form forward to QPR on Saturday and catch them while they bed in all their new players, we should be in good shape.

Well said, Spark. Can't see where Montrealyella is coming from. Morison was sat on the bench for us and has been getting nothing but abuse from a lot of fans so he's probably glad to go. Snodgrass and Johnson in particular have been great since they got here. Both had really good games on Wednesday again. Give Becchio a chance. Those 3 know each other and could link up very well.

I apologise too, he he. Becchio deal better because of the part-ex, I'd love Davies here. The Hooper thing smells a little: "If I bid up to £8million Neil I won't actually have to buy him will I?" "No Chris." "Cheers Neil, the fans will think I've tried. I owe you a Guinness."

I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea why but I can confirm my resounding apology here, in writing. Now, this Leeds Re-United Feeder Club issue, I'm happy to see Becchio come to Carrow Road and delighted to see Morison go the other way. I'm still convinced that this is a conspiracy to get Leeds into the Premiership via stealth mode. Do we have to give their whole squad promotion medals or just the ones we rescue from the Championship ? Someone at Carra must be on good terms with Colin, I hope they forget that friendship the next time we are looking for a new manager. Anyway, sorry once again to all those I haven't yet offended.

Really! This is the best we could come up with Norwich? Such an unimaginative gap fill. Sold short by the board again. I fail to see how this signing will provide a lift. A championship footballer at best, I thought Norwich would've learnt from the Howson signing that cherry-picking Leeds' best players is not the way forward. Leeds are in the championship because their footballers are not Premiership class...then we go and sign half of them...the mind boggles. Becchio adds nothing to what we have so we'll only have to sell him on at a loss (like Morrison) in the summer or shortly after. We'll just be paying higher wages unitl that time. You want stay in the Premiership Norwich start making signings that reflect this. To improve on what we have it needed to Hooper + RVW, we probably don't have the cash for that so seems even stranger we waste the pennies we do have on mediocrity.

The problem, CanaryWest, is that a while back you elected to "bad mouth" me for no apparent reason. Which means I probably don`t like you. I doubt if that bothers you any more than it does me. As for the error in fact, I was not the only one who read it the other way around. Ref the apology, just take it as a "reap what you sow" issue. Despite your very rude comment, `Father Jack` apology duly tendered, my precious. Btw, according to canaryjon, the BBC website says Norwich got some cashback. So what are the facts?

Wow what a great result Morro + £200.000 for Becchio.
I used to support Leeds as a kid until Peter Lorimer scored at the Barclay end suddenly realised my heart was with city with the likes of Peters ,Boyer & super Mac.

Interested to read Kent Anglian`s comment ref City goal vs Spurs. Started with the oddity of a Right-footed centre from Snods which looked a bummer until Holty showed just what a skilful and clever player he is. Let`s hope we can freshen up the attack now. At least we`ve spent sweet FA. Btw, funny how "fans` favourites" at Leeds sauddenly become L1-ish when they leave for better things. Ya, boo, sucks. I wonder if Moro is trading in his greyhounds for a few whippets? With a cashback deal, of course.

Money talks but team spirit gets the job done. Hope this is the case against QPR. (I used to quite like them -- small club, local support, compact ground -- sound familiar?) And yes, Kent Anglian, Holt's header back to Pilks for the assist to Hoolihan was brilliant especially as he was off balance being pushed. Most commentators didn't mention it.

A proven Championship goalscorer is swapped for a proven Championship goalscorer. Both I believe scoring their goals as part of a twin striker formation. We await to find out how Becchio performs as a loan striker at NCFC...
But if it helps NCFC to become a little less 'Holt-centred' then maybe that will be a good thing for the team as a whole...